Speedup Hard Drives - 10 NTFS Performance Hacks

January 31st, 2006 • Related • Filed Under

Filed Under: Tools & Tips

Tags: Modding, optimise, Tools & Tips, XP

I’ve featured some of these tweaks previously, in my PC optimisation guides, but some of these are new to me, particularly the tweaks to improve page file performance. The 10 tweaks are:

1. Disable Short Filenames
2. Name Your Files Appropriately
3. Use More Folders
4. Use More Partitions
5. Plan Your Cluster Size
6. Defragment Regularly
7. Reserve Space for the MFT
8. Disable Last Access Time
9. Turn Off (or On) the Indexing Service
10. Use FAT32 for the Paging File

For instructions on how to implement each tweak click here

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Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 7 News.

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1. #1

   Comment by Anonymous on 1 February 2006:

   Good one.
   http://teletunes.blogspot.com
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   Comment by Joseph on 16 August 2007:

   Here’s another technique I use to DRASTICALLY speed up my hard drive and influence windows to work like speed demon.

   Edit HKEYLOCAL MACHINE - Current Control Set - Control WaitToKillServiceTimeout

   Change it from 2000 to 700.

   Et Voila! Suddenly your PC travels like a Quad Core! Especially at shut down
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   Comment by bozza on 10 February 2008:

   please can you tell me how to do this

   Edit HKEYLOCAL MACHINE - Current Control Set - Control WaitToKillServiceTimeout

   Change it from 2000 to 700.

   and thanks for the tip
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   Comment by Everton on 10 February 2008:

   @bozza

   Type ‘Regedit’ in START/RUn and navigate your way to HKEYLOCAL MACHINE/Current Control Set/Control WaitToKillServiceTimeout - it will make sense once you have the registry editor running
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   Comment by bozza on 10 February 2008:

   hiya thanks very much ive managed to do it now with your help
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   Comment by seanp on 3 June 2008:

   Have just followed your set up,thanks very much.
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   Comment by Amal on 12 August 2008:

   The above mentioned tweaks are good.I use them too.But if you want to maintain the speed of your hardisk for ever use a good disk defragment tool like Perfect disk.

   Read Amal’s latest blog post….Speed up your pendrive>>>

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